Not sure this is the best discussion section to post this but it seemed better than the other choices.
So my espresso machine was recently fried by a bad voltage connection in my shop. I'm using a Mirage. The most local repairman wanted 3-4k to overhaul the machine. A company in NY, who has a lot of experience working on Mirages, wants only $1700. Needless to say I'm going with NY. However, I had to pay for an empty Mirage crate to be shipped to me, now have to ship it back with the machine, then the machine back and finally the empty crate back to them. Yeah, it has me shaking my head as well. So I just received a quote from Freightquote.com and they want $400 (316lbs total) to ship it just to NY. Another company wanted $936 one way!! My repairman says it should be $250 but doesn't tell me where to find this hard to believe quote.
So my question to you guys is, for any of you that ship heavyweight items to your customers, where do you find the best quotes?
Sincerely,
"Frustrated Using My POS Backup Machine"
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